Yahoo! News - "Murphy Brown" Star Pastorelli Dead
Robert Pastorelli, forever known to TV fans as Murphy Brown's sardonic housepainter, has been found dead in his Hollywood Hills home.

The body of the 49-year-old actor was discovered in a bathroom early Monday by his personal assistant. There was no sign of foul play, according to authorities, but the death may have been the result of a drug overdose.

News of Pastorelli's death comes nearly five years after he suffered a personal tragedy. It was in the same Hollywood house in March 1999 that Charemon Jonovich, Pastorelli's live-in girlfriend and mother of his daughter, shot and killed herself in what police ruled an accident. Friends said the incident devastated Pastorelli, who was so shaken he put his career on hold and spent the better part of a year in seclusion.

Tragic story. Rest in peace dude.